Snowshoe or ring fastening means for ski sticks



1950 N. ,1. G'I'LLE I 3 SNOWSHQE 0R RING FASTENING MEANS FOR SKI STICKS Filed Feb. 20,- 194a Patented Apr. 18, 1950 UNITED STATES TENT OFFICE SNOWSHOE R RING FASTENING MEANS FOR SKI STICKS Application February 20, 1948, Serial No. 9,745 In Sweden March 11, 1942 Section 1, Public Law 690, August 8, 1946 Patent expires March 11, 1962 1 Claim.

The present invention refers to such snow shoe or ring fastening means for tubular metallic ski sticks in which a bracket for the cross straps of the snow shoe or ring is attached to the stick and has the shape of a washer or the like provided partly with a central aperture for the ski stick and partly with holes for a pin, pins or the like situated on either side of said aperture and by means of which yokes embracing the snow shoe straps or means equivalent thereto are held.

According to the invention the washer comprises a tubular ring flattened from two opposite sides of its envelope surface in such a manner that the washer has substantially a plane shape except at two opposite edges, Where openings for said pin, pins or the like remain.

The invention is represented in the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 shows the snow shoe or ring of the ski stick, seen from above.

Fig. 2 shows a fragmentary section taken along line 1'III in Fig. 1 and a side view.

Fig. 3 shows a fragmentary section taken along line III-III in Fig. 1 and a side view.

Fig. 4 shows the afore-said washer, seen from one of its edges.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the same washer.

Fig. 6 shows a pin used in combination with the washer.

Fig. '7 represents a side view of an embodiment according to which the yokes embracing the snow shoe straps are made as a continuous whole.

Fig. 8 is a top view of the last-mentioned embodiment.

The ski stick is denoted I, the snow shoe or ring 2 and its cross straps 3. The bracket used for the fastening of the straps has, as mentioned before, the form of a washer 5 or the like which is provided with a central aperture 5* (Fig. 5) through which the ski stick is inserted to a suitable distance from the tip where the washer is fastened by soldering. The washer 5 is made from a tubular ring which is flattened in such a manner as shown in Fig. 4. In this way the washer gets a substantially plane shape except at two opposite edges, where the holes 4 remain for a pin member 8 which is inserted in yokes 6 and 1 adapted to embrace the straps 3 on either side of the stick. A simple and practical connection between the snow shoe and the stick is hereby obtained.

The ends 9 of the pin member 8 are bent as is seen from Fig. 6. Moreover, a separate split pin or the like may, of course, be used in each hole.

As shown in Figs. '7 and 8, the yokes may be made integral the very yokes 6 and 1 being connected by means of transverse members l0 punched out in the same piece as the yokes. By this means the yokes are held at a predetermined distance from each other which is advantageous in view of their embracing function relative to the straps.

The cross straps 3 of the snow shoe may be fastened to the securing washer 5 from below as well as from above, that is in such a way, that the washer 5 will be above the cross straps instead of beneath the same (which is shown in the drawing) The whole difference consisting in that the yokes 5 and 1 will embrace the cross straps from below in one instance and from above in the other instance.

What I claim is:

Snow shoe or ring fastening means for tubular, metallic ski sticks comprising a bracket for the cross straps of the snow shoe or ring attached to the stick and having the shape of a washer or the like provided partly with a central aperture for the stick and partly with holes for a pin, pins or the like situated on either side of said aperture and by means of which yokes embracing the snow shoe straps or means comparable therewith are held, said washer being made from a tubular ring flattened from two opposite sides of its envelope surface as to give it a substantially plane shape except at two opposite edges where holes remain for the afore-said pin, pins or the like.

NILS JACOB GILLE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this \patent:

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 204,887 Switzerland Aug. 1, 1939 215,422 Switzerland Sept. 16, 1941 

